How does the Sunset Look on Your Side of Town

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Dally just showed up to
the rumble and yelled “Hold up!” Darry just turned to look, but before he could
turn back around for the rumble Paul punched him in the face. It started I thought.
I jumped on the smallest kid on the other side. He threw me to the ground. Then
I felt a kick on my head. Then another one and another one struck me in the
head. Then he kicked me in the ribs again and again. My eyes opened up and I
saw Dally punching him in the face. Then the Socs started to run away. The buzzing
in my ears started to get louder, Two-Bit said something but I couldn’t be sure
it was him. Slowly I got up, and noticed Steve curled in a ball about ten feet
from me. Later we found out that he had broken three ribs in the rumble. “We
won, we beat the Socs.” Darry said in the most tired sounding voice, this wasn’t
shocking; he is always working and taking to many load of roofing.

I just got the news that
the church had caught on fire, when a woman informed the other teacher that the
some boys were missing from the school. It was us, it was us who started it, and
I just know it. I had to tell Johnny. “I bet we started it, we must have
dropped a lighted cigarette or something.” I said in grief.

As soon as I started to
run towards the church the man I asked grabbed my arm and said “I’ll get them.
You kids stay out!”, but that didn't stop me from running to the flaming door. Like any other human that thinks with common since, I didn't want to run into a
flaming door so I threw a rock at the window. Then I realized that Johnny was following
me into the flaming church. Going to the back cautiously because that’s where
the kids were. Then we heard someone screaming then when we found the source I
yelled “Shut up! We’re goin’ to get you out!”

Then the last kid bit
me, but I was able to hold him and gently drop him out then I felt something
hit me on the back. Then I think I blacked out.

Sorry but I could only remember
a little bit of what I am going to write down because my shirt was soaked with
ice cold water. But Dally had just to jump onto a train going to Windrixville
because Johnny somehow killed a Soc named Bob who according to Johnny, was
drowning me, and would have killed me. Then we ran to Dally at a party who gave
us money, a gun, and told us to get on the next train to Windrixville and hide
in the church on the hill. When we jumped into the train car we laid down
trying to get some rest for the walk to the church, but all I could think of
was how I should have asked Dally for a pack of weeds.

In the midst of my
slumber I was woken up by somebody. Then my eyes opened up and before I could
wipe the sleep out of my eyes I had to jump from a train and landed on the
grass wet from the morning fog, and realized that I was woken up by Johnny.
Then it rushed through my mind we still had to find the church that Dally told
us about.

First let’s
get this straight my name really is Ponyboy, but it is not the worst
name in my family. I just had to say that, but that is not the point of this,
the point is that I just got jump by some Socs after watching a Paul Newman
movie when a group of Socs jumped out of a red Corvair. In unison it seemed
like someone said "Do you need a haircut."

"No."
I droned.

Then I
heard a POP of a switchblade. Next I thing I knew was that I was pinned
on the ground by a bunch of big muscular guys with knifes. I tried to push
and budge around to elude the hold they had on me. When they started to
notice my movements they tightened their hold on me. Then someone said
"How'd you like that haircut to begin just below the chin?"

Then I
felt someone punching me on the chest and head. I started to taste iron from
blood. Then I heard a thud of my body, and then I heard a car start up and
drive away. Someone tall and big started to drag me on the ground then I
noticed who it was.